Bulgur Wheat Meal from China
Parboiled, dried, and cracked wheat groats used in Middle Eastern dishes like tabbouleh, fragmented to qualify as meal under 1103 notes. Falls in 1103.11.00.40 as 'other' wheat groats/meal with proper starch/ash profile.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide lab reports confirming fragmentation (95% through 1.25mm) to distinguish from whole groats
• Declare parboiling process but emphasize dry milling status to stay in Chapter 11
• Watch for contamination; high mineral ash triggers 2302 downgrade